News

LALIVE Covid-19-related policy and business continuity plan

20 March 2020

Our priorities are to act responsibly vis-à-vis our community, to keep our employees and our clients safe and to ensure continuity in the provision of […]

Sandrine Giroud wins the Client Choice Awards 2020 for Asset Recovery in Switzerland

5 March 2020

We are delighted to announce that LALIVE partner Sandrine Giroud has been awarded the Asset Recovery Client Choice Award 2020 for Switzerland by ILO. The […]

Thomas Widmer appointed as Innosuisse Special coach in licensing, alliances and M&A

24 February 2020

Thomas Widmer, Counsel at LALIVE, has been appointed as Special Coach in licensing, alliances and M&A by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency. Innosuisse promotes science-based […]

LALIVE wins the Arbitration and Asset Recovery Who’s Who Legal Switzerland Awards 2020

19 February 2020

We are proud to announce that the firm has been chosen as Firm of the Year in two categories of the Who’s Who Legal Switzerland […]

Domitille Baizeau appointed to the Governing Board of ICCA – the International Council for Commercial Arbitration

4 February 2020

LALIVE partner Domitille Baizeau has been elected onto the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) for a four-year term starting on […]

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court partially annuls final award on the ground of ultra petita (Article 190 al. 2 lit. c PILA)

30 January 2020

LALIVE has successfully challenged an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award and obtained a partial annulment of the award. This decision is a rare instance […]

MELISSA MAGLIANA ELECTED TO THE ARBITRATION COURT OF SCAI

21 January 2020

LALIVE partner Melissa Magliana has been appointed a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution (SCAI), which administers the Swiss Rules of International […]

Promotion to Counsel

20 January 2020

The firm is delighted to announce the promotion of Tino Schneider to Counsel of the firm, as of 1 January 2020. Tino Schneider joined the […]

SWISS FEDERAL SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS FINAL AWARDS IN CRIMEA CASES

17 January 2020

LALIVE recently secured another victory for Ukrainian oil and gas companies Ukrnafta, Stabil and related companies in two separate setting-aside proceedings initiated by the Russian […]

Press Coverage: Daniel Buhr analyses the importance of whistleblower protection as an integral part of risk management in companies

16 January 2020

NZZ: Whistleblower als Teil des Risikomanagements, 16 January 2020

LALIVE recruits Thomas Brown as first-ever CEO to drive future growth

13 January 2020

Thomas Brown brings over 30-years’ legal sector experience, including as regional Managing Partner at a leading international law firm LALIVE has recruited Thomas Brown as […]

Joachim Knoll designated by Germany to serve on ICSID Panel of Conciliators

8 January 2020

LALIVE partner Joachim Knoll has been designated to serve on ICSID’s Panel of Conciliators by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, for a […]

Who’s Who Legal recognises 23 LALIVE practitioners in its Arbitration and Litigation guides

18 December 2019

The newly released Who’s Who Legal Arbitration and Litigation guides have recognised 15 LALIVE partners (Michael Schneider, Teresa Giovannini, Matthias Scherer, Veijo Heiskanen, Domitille Baizeau, […]

Season’s Greetings 2020

16 December 2019

Season’s Greetings and best wishes for the New Year from all at LALIVE

Press coverage: Sandrine Giroud on business and human rights in practice and the increasing consideration by companies of human rights and their inclusion in their contracts on RTS Swiss radio

29 November 2019

RTS radio, Tout un monde – Présenté par Eric Guevara-Frey, disponible sur www.rts.ch, 29 November 2019

LALIVE ranked among the leading investigations firms worldwide

29 October 2019

Global Investigations Review has just published its annual GIR 100 guide, ranking LALIVE among the top 100 leading investigations firms worldwide for the fourth consecutive […]

Press coverage: Daniel Bühr on the importance of internal compliance management systems to manage risk in Finanz und Wirtschaft

21 October 2019

Finanz und Wirtschaft: Schweizer Banken im Geldwäscherei-Sumpf, 19 October 2019

U.S. DISCOVERY MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES – RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

15 October 2019

Until recently, U.S. courts have largely rejected discovery requests made in support of commercial arbitrations seated outside of the United States. These requests would have […]

Press coverage: Daniel Bühr speaks about the need for companies to have good risk and compliance management systems to avoid reputational risk in CNN Money

3 October 2019

CNN Money: Credit Suisse vs Iqbal Khan: a wake-up call for Swiss banks, 26 September

Noradèle Radjai and Melissa Magliana are elected to the Board of ASA

30 September 2019

The Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) has elected LALIVE partners Noradèle Radjai and Melissa Magliana to its board for a three-year term from 1 January 2020. […]